Protesters block main roads in Lebanon rubbish crisis
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Demonstrators blocked Lebanon’s main Mediterranean coastal highway on Sunday to protest against a rubbish collection problem in the capital Beirut that led the prime minister to threaten to resign.
Obama tells Kenyans they can succeed, sees challenges
NAIROBI (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama told Kenyans on Sunday on his first presidential trip to his father’s homeland there was “no limit to what you can achieve” but said they had to deepen democracy, tackle corruption and end exclusion based…
Greek PM Tsipras under pressure over covert Syriza drachma plan reports
ATHENS (Reuters) – Some members of Greece’s leftist government wanted to raid central bank reserves and hack taxpayer accounts to prepare a return to the drachma, according to reports on Sunday that highlighted the chaos in the ruling Syriza party.
Houthis, Saudi-led forces battle for Yemen’s biggest air base
ADEN/SANAA (Reuters) – Yemeni forces allied with a Saudi-led coalition fought Houthi militia for control of the country’s largest air base north of Aden on Sunday, hours before a humanitarian truce declared by the coalition was meant to start, resident…
UK’s Cameron in southeast Asia visit to talk trade, Islamist extremism
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Sunday he wanted to use a four-day trade mission to southeast Asia to spur lucrative business deals and to forge new political alliances to counter Islamist extremism.
Female suicide bomber kills 19 at northern Nigeria market
DAMATURU, Nigeria (Reuters) – A blast set off by a female suicide bomber tore through a crowded market in the northeastern Nigerian city of Damaturu on Sunday, killing 19 people and wounding 47, the emergency response agency said.
Obama to discuss a ‘Plan B’ for South Sudan ahead of August deadline
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will discuss a “Plan B” for South Sudan with African leaders on Monday that could include sanctions or other penalties if the country’s warring parties do not forge a peace deal by mid-August, a U.S. offic…
Taliban seize Afghan police base, push closer to strategic pass
KABUL (Reuters) – Taliban militants have captured a large police base in northeast Afghanistan, forcing the mass surrender of more than a hundred policemen and pushing closer to a strategic pass at the border with Pakistan, local officials and security…
At least 13 dead in al Shabaab attack on Somali hotel
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – The Somali militant Islamist group al Shabaab attacked a Mogadishu hotel on Sunday, driving a car packed with explosives through the hotel gate and killing at least 13 people, a first responder and the rebel group said.
Channel Tunnel disruption ends as Calais migrant activity falls
LONDON (Reuters) – Eurotunnel said on Sunday it had resumed “normal service” and British police said they had lifted traffic management measures around the Channel Tunnel after migrants in France disrupted travel on Saturday.
